Established in November 1985, Guilin Institute of Tourism (GIT) is situated in Guilin, a place known as “with the best landscape under heaven”. As one of the three tourism institutions of higher learning in China, it serves as an important training base in the central and southwest regions of China designated by the State Administration of Tourism. Since its establishment, GIT has been substantially developing into a comprehensive institution of higher learning. GIT has enrolled students from 28 provinces all over China. In the past 19 years, it has trained a great deal of tourist talents for the country as well as for the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it has trained 41,900 personnel as tour guides, hotel staff, senior management of tour services and hotels.